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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

33

Gender

Male

Birthday

1740-06-02

Day of Death

1814-12-02 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

Marquis de Sade

Marquês de Sade

Marqués de Sade

Marchese de Sade

Markies de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

Biography

Born a rich nobleman, Marquis being his title rather than his birth name, De Sade gradually became a decadent libertine among the French society of Louis XVI. A liberally educated iconoclast, he wrote prose and verse, and specialized in testing the limits of decency, breaking taboos and shocking the aristocracy, often with sordid details drawn from real life. He was thought to have committed much of the perversions and debauchery he had written about. He was incarcerated in an asylum shortly before the French Revolution. After a decade of feverish creativity, he willingly gave up writing and lived his remaining years in uneventful calm.

Known For

Acting

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Crew

Directing